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Leadership at my former place publicly despised remote work. Only senior engineers were allowed to work remotely, and the rest had to work at one of those nasty
by mkl95 2y ago
Leadership at my former place publicly despised remote work. Only senior engineers were allowed to work remotely, and the rest had to work at one of those nasty startup coworking spaces 4x per week.
During my tenure, that policy didn't have the effect the CEO desired, and it led to the tech department shrinking, despite the headcount more than doubling. It was tremendously hard to find good engineers that were willing to put up with the CEO's antics, despite offering them above market average comp.
If your startup is uncool, one of the first few things you should review is your remote work policy. Some really crappy businesses might be having an easier time hiring competent employees just because they allow WFH.
- duxup 2y agoSenior Engineers able to WFH but nobody else sets a nasty "rules for thee but not for me" kinda vibe. I can imagine legit situations where the Senior Engineers work well from home, but the vibe doesn't change...
- mkl95 2y agoAccording to the CEO, the only reason was that he struggled to attract senior engineers in the area. Eventually that didn't just happen in the area, though...
- duxup 2y agoKinda strange too as having senior folks in contact with non-seniors regularly I would think is sorta a positive of in office work. This system kinda blows that apart.
- mkl95 2y agoMost middling startup CEOs are like that. They do just good enough for the board not to hate them while making a bunch of strange top-down decisions.